Packaging-machine.



PATENTBD MAR. 21, 1905.

lC. H. (Sr DAY. PAGKAGING MACHINE. APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 7, 1904.

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C. H. A A. DAY. PACKAGING ALIAGHINE.

APPLICATIUNILBD MAB.. 7, 1904.

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PACKAGING MACHINE.

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' SPECFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 785,203, dated March21, 1905.

l i Application tiled March 7, 1904. Serial No. 196,992. y

To 'f1/ZZ 'wh/012e it 'may concern,.-

Be it known that we, CHARLES HERBERT EDAY, residing at 112 Banksiolestreet, and AL` BERrDAY, 'residing at 21 Hartley avenue,

. ing is a specification;

Leeds, in the county of York, England', subjects of the King of GreatBritain and Ireland, have invented new and useful improvements inPackaging-lilachines, ofwhich the follow- .This invention relates toimprovements in dry-goods-packaging machinery or apparatus such as isdescribed in thespecilication of Letters Patent granted toAlbert Bay the17th day'of Novembeigll, No. 744,172. ,I

in packaging. some classes of dry goodssuch as.. for eXampletea-it is atrade custom to insert a card, with or without printf ed matter thereon,at thehottom of the bag as well as on the top of the contents of the bagand within its folded ends. A

The object of the present invention is to pro- -vide adrylgoods-packaging machinesuch,

for example, as described in the hereinbeforemen tionedspecification-with apparatus for receiving anddelivering' the said cardto the bags both prior to the .bags being iilled with thematerial aswell as after the filling and shaking operations have taken place, butprior to the creasing and folding operations for closing the top ormouth of the bag. l

In the drawings hereunto annexed we have shown the hereinafter-describedcard receiving and delivering mechanism applied to a ma- .chineconstructed as described and illustrated 'in said specification. 'haveit distinctly understood that the said card WeVwould, however,

receiving and delivering mechanism may he .applied to and combined withother makes of bag-filling machines.

aging-machine with the card receiving and delivering meehanisinapplied,Fig. 2, a partsectional and elevation of same; Fig. 3,'a part planlookingfat the top; Fig. 4, a part-sec* tional elevation of the the cardreceiving and Figure l is a part front elevation of a pack tionalelevation of same; Fig. 8, a front elevation; Fig. 9, a plan'looki'ngat'the top; Fig. 10, a sectional elevation of traveling nox containing abag to be filled and card-laying device drawn to the same scale as Figs.1 to 5;

card-laying device in position after laying a card.

inbefore-named machine are shown that are necessary for carryingthisinvention into practice.

Like parts in all the views 'are marked with similar characters ofreference. f

Upon the table ware fixed the two longitudinal sides l5 c oftherectangular trough and its in bearings on the framework are the shaftsj', g, It, and 1. The shaftsj and /t are geared andy are geared togetherh v spur-wheels Z.

struction to those described and illustrated in thehereinbefore-mentioned specification.

l Twosets of card receiving and delivering mechanism are employed, andthey are arranged opposite to each othernamely, one on each ofthelongitudinal sides b c of the ing boxes wi are intermittently made totravel, both by the means described and illustrated inthe saidhereinhelore-mentioned specification -that is to say, one set of cardreceiving delivering and depositing a card n in the bot tom of a bagthat has been placed vin a box in, in the longitudinal side i5 of thesaid trough, that is employed for returningv the empty boxes. The other-set ofcard yreceiving and delivering mechanism is on the oppositelondeliver ecard o onto the top oi them/ensured contents which'have beendeposited within the bag. The cando/is delivered onto the top andshaking operations have taken place.

The card receiving and delivering mec-hanism, Figs. 1 to for the bottomcard viethatis,

At Figs. 1 and 2 the framework which supports the table a is shown indotted lines.

.gitudinal side c of the said trough, soas to Fig. 11, a sectionalelevationof same with the In the drawings only the parts of the'hereends d e. vUnderneath the table and mounted to shaft bybevel-whcclsj-', while shafts f j All the above parts are of a similarconrectangular trough `in which the loag-receiv-Y and'deliveringmechanism is employed for of the materialoperated'upon after-the lillingIOO end of' lever fr.

f, bevel-ofearing.-l shaftzL cam u, fixed on shaft z5, lever r, pivote-dto bracket w, fixed to the framework, link -.'r, jointed to verticalreciprocating rod 1/ (carried by standard (j) and to The chute 2 is ot'a similar construction to chute j), and it is employed jfor containingthe top cards 0. This chute may in some cases be arranged to bestation-KA ary, but in the annexed drawings it is shown to be capable ofbeing intermittently reci procated in a vertical direction. The chute 21s arranged on the opposite side of the rectanguiar trough to chutep-that is, on the lo'ngitudinal side c. The chute is attached to the twovertical rods 3 4, arranged, respectively,

to slidev freely in bearings 5 6, formed for"` their reception on thelongitudinal side 'c and standard 7, fixed to the top of table a. Anintermittent' reciprocating motion is imparted to the chute' 2 from cam8 on shaft 9, mouuted in bearings fixed to the top of' table a,double-ended lever 10, pivoted to standard The inner end of'lever 10 isjointed to vertical rod 3. The cam-shaft 9 receives a rotary motion.from the driving-shaft y through spur-gearing l, shaft f, bevel-gearingj L',

shafts if 7i, and 'chain and sprocket Wheels 11.

Each of the said chutes p and 2 is made with an open top and providedwith a flat bottom, with two vertical sides arranged at a suitabledistance apart to form a trough or channel. 'lhe said sides are either afixture tothe said bottom or one or both of them may, it' so desired,but not necessarily-so, be adjustably mounted and fixed thereon. In thedrawings the sides are shown fixed to the bottom. In cross-section eachchute p or 2 is shaped somewhat like the letter U, only with a fiat baseor bottom. Further, 'each chuteA isplaced at an angle, ais shown, sothat the cards 'a or 0 when placed on their edges, as shown at Fig. a,in the channel portion ot' the chute will readily gravitate to the lowerinner and delivey end thereof', which is arranged over the trarehigboxes m. in the rectangular' trough. A weight 12, Figl, is arrangedatthe rear of' the cards to'slide in each chute. The weight is employedfor aiding in pressing the cards to thev delivery end of theirrespective chutes. "ihe delivery end of' each chute is partially lclosed with the upper end of a downwardlyprojecting finger or; strip 13,Figs, 7 and 8, nich is also made to act as a guide f'or the j' cards.Al. the rearof the finger 1` n bracket 14 is fixed to the under side ofthe chute. ln the said bracket a vertical recess 15 is formed ot' such asize and shape that a card to be placed in the bag will readily passthrough it and fall into the interior of' the bag. If so desired, butnoty necessarily1 so, this recess may 16 is fixed at its upper end to across-piece 17, i vwhich works upon the guide-rods 18, and thecross-piece fixed thereto is retained in its upper and normal positionby spiral springs 19. In the case of the slide 16 for the chute p,containing the bottom cards In, an intermittent reciprocating motion isimparted to the slide during `the descent of the chute from a cam 20,mounted and fixed on the rotating shaft through a lever 2l, mounted ondrivingshaft g, and provided with a'runner 22, which engages with thecam, and rod 23, to a double-ended lever 24, pivoted to a bracket 25,fixed to the side c of the rectangular trough.y Provision is therebymadel for mounting lever 24 above the table'of the machine. Lever 24 isalso provided with a runner 26 at its free end, which is arranged towork upon the top of the cross-piece 17, to which the slide is fixed.

The mechanism for actuating the slide 16 of chute 2, containing the topcard o, is the same as that, employed for actuating the presserdescribed in the aforesaid specifica-` tion', and it is arranged asfollows: A cam 27 is mounted upon shaft 7L, andthe periphery of' thecamis made to act upon arunner28, mounted on a double-ended lever 29,fulcrumed at one end toa bracket 30, fixed to the under side of tableu., and the opposite end of the said lever is jointed to the lower endof a second lever 31,' provided with a curved upper end which isconnected to a bracket 32, fixed to presser-rod '33. A pendautearm 31 isad justably fixed to the bracket 32, and it is provided with a runner35, which acts upon the top of the cross-piece 17, to which-the slide 16is fixed.

The pendant-shaped, projecting finger' 18is attached. to chute p and ismade of Isuch a size and shape as to be capable of being employed forthe double purpose of, first, insuring that the bottom card n falls tothe bottom ofthe bag, and, second, for simultaneouslyopening the mouthof the said bag prior to the filling operation. After a card has beendeposited in an empty bag l', which has been placed within one ofth'etraveling boxes m in the side` IIO , of the rectangular trough, amovable pendant'-` vcard vz, Fig. 10.

piece 36, provided with an arm 37, is made to enter the month of thebag. The movable ',.iendant-piece 36 ispivoted to chute p, and on itszii-m37 is mounted a runner 38, which engages with a vertical cam-path39, formed in brackct40,.lixed .tothe side b-of the rectangu; lar troughor table of the machine. The movable piece 36 is retained in contactwith the cam-path by spring 4:1 and is arranged to be drawn down saidfixed cam-path by the same cani and leversand rods that are employed foroperating the chute p. During' a'portion of thedownward movement Aof thesaid movable pendant-piece 36 it is made to move out.- -ward by "therunner 38 entering the'recessed portion of the cam-path 39 forgettingbehind When this has been done and as the runner continues itsdownward movement, it is afterward moved inward for laying the card, asat Fig. 11, by therunner working down the lower projecting portion ofthe cam-path. By this means the movable pendant-piece 36 is first madeto enter thebag and to either press an upstanding card down or to getbehind it, and when the said inward movement takes place when the saidpendantpiece is at or about the bottom of the bag the card is laid flat.

rlhe movable pendant-piece 36 is dispensed with for chute 2. 'In this'case the angle of the chute. is made more acute than for chute p, and,by making the linger 13, fixed thereto,

,straight instead of curved thecards o will` readily grav vate into themouth of the bag onto the top of the;material with which it is Theaction of'theherem-described mechanism is as follows: The travelingboxes m, in

` filled, shaken,

which the" bags r to be tilled are inserted, havin g beenplaced withinthev rectangular trough, the machine is set in motion and the-boxes aremade tot'ravel intermittently yand progressi'vely in thetroughs. Thebagsare successively.

pressed, the folds of the bag creased andfolded, and the bags dischargedfrom the boxes,'-asdescribed in the hereinbe- 4 fore-mentionedspecification. As aV traveling bag m with an empty" box 1' thereinpasses under the chute p, supported above 'the longitudinal side b ofthe trough, as described, the

' chute p is made to descend by the cam fu. on

shaft z5 actingupon lever o, link w, and vertical rod y. During thedescent of the chute p position indicated gel. lgnd movablependant-piece 36 will .and when its cross-piece 17 has reached the` bydotted lines 43 the fin- 17 for actuatingjslide 16 for discharging acard l by lever 10 and vn from the chute p into the bottom of bagf'.

`Should the. card after it has fallen into the bag stand on its. edge,as at Fig. 10, as the said chute continues* to descend the lower edge ofthe movable pendant-piece 36 is made either to press it down onto thebottom of the bag or to get behind=it in order that when the lower endofthe movable pendant-piece is moved inward by the runner 38 working ontheprojecting lower face of the cam-path the upper edge of the card willthen be tilted over and made to lie flat on the bottom of the bag, as atFig. 11. At the same time the linger 13 will have descended into thenext bag and by its shape -will have opened the mouth of the latter. Thelchute and parts connected therewith are afterward returned to thehighest position, to be ready for repeating the operation. When thechute p is descending, the

chute 2 and parts connected therewith are by theiroperating mechanismbeing caused toascend to their highest position.A

' The chute 2 is arranged to deposit a 'card o onto the top of the.material that has been placed within the bag immediately prior to thepressing operation taking place. To do this, the angle of the chute 2and of the finger 13,

fixed thereto, are arranged .so as to enable the movable pendant-piece36 and fixed cam-path to be dispensed with for this chute, but at thevsame time to permit of the card 0 falling and lying flat on the top ofthe materia-l that has been placed within the bag. 'Whenacard 0 isreduired'to be placed within the bag, the chute 2 is drawn down by rod3, 'which is operated cam 2 onshaft 9. The slide 16, attached to thechute 2, is actuated by the runner 35 of ated by cam 27 and lever 29until it comes in contact with the cross-pieceA 17. Then by the"continued downward movement of the lever 31 the slide 16 is made todischarge a card 0 into the month of the bag. When this has been done,the chute is returned tovits highest position, to be ready for the neX.operation.

The above-described card receiving and delivering mechanism maybeapplied to and combined with other packaging-machines than thoseherein described and illustrated.

What weclaim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters' Patent,is

l. In a packaging-machine, the combination with a table mounteduponframework, and

.four guide-troughs arranged in a rectangle rocate's, and means forintermittently operating the same and for feeding the cards, as

' and for the .purposes set forth.

2The combination of a card-receiving ICO pendant-arm 34 being drayvr.- vrdown by curved-ended lever 31 being operover one of the said troughs, abracket chute having a trough for receiving the cards .mounted uponvertical guides, a weight sliding therein forpressing the cards to thedelivery end oi the chute, a curved pendant projection-iixed to thedelivery end of theehute,

a bracket provided with a vertical recess, said bracket being fixed tothe chute at the rear of the pendant projection, a slide fixed toguidesand arranged .to work in the end of the chute chute having a trough forreceiving the cards l mounted upon vertical guides, a weight slidingtherein for pressing the cards to the der' livery end of the chute, acurved pendant projection fixed to the deliveryr endof theI chute, abracket provided with a vertical recess, said bracket being fixed to thechute at the rear of the pendant projection. a slide fixed to ,fin/'desand larranged to work in the chute behind the upper part of thependantfirojection, springs for keeping the slide ira raised position,means for intermittently actuating the slide independentlyY of theriseand fall of the chute, a movable pendant piece provided with an armand pivoted to the delivery end of chute, a runner mounted on said arm,a vertical cam-path, and a spring for retaining` the runner in contactwith said cani-path, as and for the purposes set forth. 4. Thec'omhinationofa table iiiountedupon framework, four guide-troughsarranged in a rectangle on said table, boxes havingan in termittent andprogressive inotionin said for the purposes set troufrhs, acard-receivimr chute having a@ b b Y l trough for receiving the cardsmounted upon vertical guides, a weight sliding therein for pressing thecards to the. delivery end of the chute, a' curved pendant projectionfixed to the delivery end of the chute, a bracket provided with avertical recess, said bracket being i fixed to the chute at the rear ofthe pendant projection, a slide. lixed to guides and arranged to work inthe end of the chute behind the, upper part of thev pendant projection,springs for keeping the slide 'in a raised position, means forintermittentljr actuating the slide independent-ly of the rise and fallof the chute. a movable pendant-piece provided with an arm and pivotedto the delivery end of chute, a runner mounted on said arm, a verticalcampath, a spring for retaining the runner in contact with saidcamfpath, and means for intermittently reciprocating the chute as andfor the purposes set forth. v p

In a packaging-machine, the combination of a table mounted uponframework, four guide-troughs arranged in a rectangle thereon, boxeshaving an intermittent progressive motion in said troughs, a pair ofcard-receiving chutes arranged opposite each other over two of saidtroughs, means for alternately and lintermittently7 raising and loweringthe said chutes to and from their work, weights for pressing the cardsdown the chutes to the deliverjv end of the same, a slide arranged inthe delivery end of each chute for -d ischarging a card into a bag,springs for keeping the slide ina raised position, means for operatingthe said slide independently of the rise and fall of the chute to whichit is attached, a pendant projection fixed to the end of the chutes, arecessed bracket fixed to the end of one of the said chutes at the rearof its pendant projection, a movable pendanbpiece provided with an armand pivoted to the end of said chute, a ruimer mounted on end of saidarm; a vertical cam-path, and a spring for retainingthe runner inContact with said cani-path, as and for the purposes set forth. v

ln .testimonyv whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Cl I .\,I\LES HERBERT DA Y. ,\Lliflll\"l`` DAY.' v W itnesscs: ViiiLiAn'SADLER, ANNIE Pingu.

